ROME (Reuters) – Italian police said on Saturday they had freed 33 Indian farm labourers from slave-like working conditions in the northern Verona province and seized almost half a million euros ($545,300) from their two alleged abusers. Labour exploitation is in the spotlight in Italy following an accident in June in which an Indian fruit …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke to his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Friday, India said, just days after the U.S. raised concerns with New Delhi about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Sullivan and Doval “discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral, regional …
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By Aditya Kalra and Dhwani Pandya MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s son marries on Friday in a lavish ceremony that has been a hot talking point at home and abroad, with his father’s $260 billion-conglomerate Reliance taking to social media to heavily publicise the event. Reliance’s efforts, coupled with posts from a host …
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By Dhwani Pandya and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) -The wedding of a scion from India’s ultra-wealthy Ambani family – much in the news for its opulent celebrations and VIP-studded guest list – has suddenly developed more political overtones with posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi now lining the road to the venue. The four-day extravaganza …
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(Reuters) – India’s retail inflation rate rose for the first time in five months in June due to a continued sharp spike in food prices, government data showed on Friday. Annual retail inflation was 5.08% in June, up from 4.75% in May. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast inflation at 4.80%. Prices of food, which …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s industrial output rose 5.9% year-on-year in May, government data showed on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected growth of 4.9%. (Reporting by Nikunj Ohri; Editing by Sohini Goswami)
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s retail inflation is expected to be close to 5% in June, in line with the Reserve Bank of India’s expectations but still too far from its 4% target to start talking about lowering interest rates, the central bank chief said on Thursday. The country’s inflation picked up slightly to 4.8% last …
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By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -More than 150 animals, nine of them rare one-horned rhinoceros, have drowned in floods at the Kaziranga National Park in India’s northeastern state of Assam, authorities said. Assam is grappling with flash floods triggered by heavy rain over the past two months. At least 79 people have been killed …
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(This July 10 story has been corrected to fix the name of Harmanpreet Singh, in paragraphs 5 and 6) By Forrest Crellin PARIS (Reuters) – India broke a 41-year medal drought in Olympic men’s hockey with a bronze in Tokyo three years ago, triggering hopes that a ninth gold medal for the once dominant power …
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By Dhwani Pandya and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) -When the son of Asia’s richest person Mukesh Ambani marries this week, traffic in a key part of Mumbai will literally stop for the four-day extravaganza to be attended by a gamut of VIPs from former British prime ministers to Kim Kardashian. The wedding of the billionaire’s …
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